After Tuesday's Apple Even it's time to look at my current Apple products and when I want to replace them.


iPhone SE, bought Jun 2017. Replaced it via AppleCare Jun 2019 so the replacement is coming up on three years old. It's definitely showing it's age in terms of not being powerful enough to run the current iOS plus more than two or three apps.

iPad Pro, bought Sep 2017. I think I had a crack fixed on it but didn't have to replace the iPad. It's still running fine for me so have hopes of it making it to 2025.

iPad 5th generation was the cheapest when I bought it and is definitely slow today. But it was meant as a guest iPad though Kooma never visited.

Mac mini, bought Feb 2018 and it was the old 2014 model. I will run this into the ground since I only use it as a simple web server. Possibly if I install Confluence or Foundry VTT and find it runs slow then I'll think of upgrading. But I'm running macOS server, the last version that had a web server built-in so don't really want to spend the time replacing it.

MacBook Pro bought Jun 2020 and one of the last Intel ones. Even though I maxed it out it does seem a bit slow sometimes but I think half of it is that a slow network connection seems to make everything slow.


Late 2023: iPhone SE 128 GB, $480 - At this point the new iPhone SE will be a year out and any hardware issues fixed.

Late 2024: Apple Watch SE, $310 - still want to buy one. Would like to wait for the next SE version.

Late 2025: iPad Air 256 GB, $750 - subject to change since they'll be new iPads out by then

Late 2026: MBP 16" (M1 Max, 64 GB memory, 8 TB SSD), $6100

Guest iPad - won't replace unless I get a long-term guest
Mac mini - hopefully can use the old MBP 2020 if the battery is not going bad